Video: Vital drug elude HIV victims
Zimbabwean HIV victims cannot afford to buy drugs that slow progression of Aids.
Published On 5 Sep 2009
In the first of a series on the stigma of HIV and Aids, Al Jazeera visits Zimbabwe where HIV patients face a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs.
The treatment is essential because it slows the progression of HIV to Aids.
The Global Fund has provided a $37 million donation but health officials say it is not enough.
Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.